I. The Discipline
1:Byzantine Studies as an academic discipline, Elizabeth Jeffreys, Robin Cormack & John Haldon
2:Instrumenta: tools for the study of the discipline
Primary sources, John Haldon
Chronology and dating, Anthony Bryer
Weights and measures, Chris Entwistle
Archaeology, James Crow
Critical approaches to art history, Leslie Brubaker
Iconography, Kathleen Corrigan
Literary criticism, Panagiotis Agapitos
Textual criticism, Michael Jeffreys
Lexicography and electronic textual resources, Erich Trapp
Palaeography, codicology, diplomatic, Hickey Todd
Documents: imperial chrysobulls, Andreas Muller
Documents: Athos, Rosemary Morris
Documents: Venetian Crete, Sally McKee
Epigraphy, Cyril Mango
Sigillography, John Nesbitt
Numismatics, Eurydike Georganteli
Prosopography, Dion Smythe
Dendrochronology, Peter Kuniholm
Brickstamps, Jonathan Bardill
Topography of Constantinople, Cecily Hennessy
II. The Physical World: Landscape, Land Use and the Environment
1:The political geography of the Byzantine world
Geographical survey, Mark Whittow
Political-historical survey, Geoffrey Greatrex, John Haldon, Catherine Holmes & Angeliki Laiou
2:Communications (roads, bridges, etc.), Klaus Belke
3:Population, demography and disease, Dionysios Stathakopoulos
4:Settlement
Towns and cities, Helen Saradi
Villages, Alan Harvey
5:Buildings and their decoration
Building materials, Jonathan Bardill
Churches and monasteries, Robert Ousterhout
Secular and military buildings, Charalambos Bakirtzis
Wallpaintings and mosaics, Robin Cormack
6:Production, manufacture and technology
Agriculture and agricultural technology, Michael Decker
Fabrics and clothing, Maria Parani
Silk production, David Jacoby
Ceramics, Pamela Armstrong
Metal work, Marlia Mango
Ivory, steatite, enamel, and glass, Antony Cutler
Book production, John Lowden
Military technology and warfare, John Haldon
Shipping and seafaring, John Pryor
Everyday technologies, Michael Decker
III. Institutions and Relationships
1:Hierarchies
Emperor and court, Jeffrey Featherstone
Bureaucracy and aristocracies, Jean-Claude Cheynet
Clergy, monks, and laity, Mary Cunningham
2:The State
Structures and administration, John Haldon
Army, John Haldon
Revenues and expenditure, Wolfram Brandes & John Haldon
3:The Church
Structures and administration, Michael Angold and Michael Whitby
Councils, Clarence Gallagher
The Two Churches, Clarence Gallagher
Liturgy, Robert Taft
Monasticism and monasteries, John McGuckin
Charitable institutions, Timothy Miller
4:The economy, Alan Harvey
5:Society
Role of women, Liz James
Families and kinship, Ruth Macrides
Patronage and retinues, Gunther Prinzing
Food, wine, and feasting, Anthony Bryer
Entertainment, theatre and hippodrome, Charlotte Roueche
Hospitals and hygiene, Peregrine Hordern
6:Justice: legal literature, Bernard Stolte
7:The spiritual world
Byzantine theology, Andrew Louth
Philosophies, Dominic O'Meara & Katerina Hieradiakonou
8:The symbolic world
Art and text, Henry Maguire
Art and liturgy, Nancy Sevcenko
Art and pilgrimage, Jas Elsner
Art and iconoclasm, Robin Cormack
Icons, Maria Vassilaki
Art and the periphery, Antony Eastmond
9:Language, education and literacy
Language, Geoffrey Horrocks
Education, Athanasios Markopoulos
Literacy, Michael Jeffreys
Numeracy and science, Anne Tihon
Libraries, Nigel Wilson
10:Literature
Rhetoric, Elizabeth Jeffreys
Historiography, Michael Whitby & Michael Angold
Theology, Andrew Louth
Hagiography, Alice-Mary Talbot
Homilies, Mary Cunningham
Epistolography, Margaret Mullett
Poetry and romances, Wolfram Horander
Military texts, Eric McGeer
11:Music, Alexander Lingas
IV. The World around Byzantium
1:Byzantium and its neighbours, James Howard-Johnston
2:Byzantium's role in world history, Cyril Mango
Lists of rulers, patriarchs, and popes